PPS, LCP grades added to medical slate.Ticona in Summit, N.J., has introduced five Fortron MT PPS (Packets Per Second) The measurement of activity in a local area network (LAN). In LANs such as Ethernet, Token Ring and FDDI, as well as the Internet, data is broken up and transmitted in packets (frames), each with a source and destination address. grades and eight Vectra MT liquid-crystal polymer (LCP (Link Control Protocol) See PPP. LCP - Link Control Protocol ) grades for use in medical technology (MT) applications such as drug packaging, drug delivery systems, and other devices. MT grades reportedly comply with USP USP - unique sales point 23 Class VI rules for biocompatibility biocompatibility the quality of not having toxic or injurious effects on biological systems. biocompatibility 1. The extent to which a foreign, usually implanted, material elicits an immune or other response in a recipient 2. and also meet European Directive 2002/72/EC for food contact, as well as BfR standards of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment. Fortron MT PPS and Vectra MT LCP resins include filled and unfilled grades for injection molding as well as extrusion grades containing additives that provide low friction and wear, improved surface appearance, greater stiffness, and other properties. Ticona also recently introduced 11 MT grades of Celanex PBT and Celcon and Hostaform acetal copolymer. Tel: (800) 833-4882, www.ticona.com |
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